Remember when Roland and Susannah are in that office in Fedic in DT 7 before heading under Castle Discordia? They see a painting of the Dark Tower that captivates them, particularly Roland. You know, maybe it was a photograph, but that seems to contradict what Roland says later on...
J and Y, its late here. I promise to get the quote I'm thinking about tomorrow. Roland thinks about Patrick painting the tower and I marked it because I was thinking about your thread. It seemed to strongly imply their were multiple Patricks, but I could be wrong. I apologize for the vague post.
I understand perfectly (it's not exactly early here either), and I certainly don't have the book out to look for the quote at the moment. To be honest, I'm surprised you responded so quickly!
Unfortunately I don't remember that part (which is odd since I remember so much from The Dark Tower series, and I finished that volume in May), but if you haven't found the quote you mean by the time I get on tomorrow, I can certainly try to look it up for myself. There's no need to feel obligated on my part--I was just curious.
And I certainly was interested in your idea--you're obviously a more serious scholar of the literature than I am.
When Susannah realised that Patrick could do anything with an ordinary pen and some paper I was sure like hell that she would ask him to draw her legs so she could walk again.
Was I the only one to think that?
Anyway... why did she ask it? It wasn't important for her anymore? I can't imagine it didn't come to her mind when it was my very first thought.
Roland would have understood.
She was probably just overwhelmed with the idea of being back with Eddy and Jake and didn't even think about it.
I thought that too. I also thought at the end why Roland didn't ask him to draw back his missing hand...Or even draw Oy back alive...
But perhaps there was some internal understanding of Ka or "fate" that stopped them?
Of course I chalked it up to "no time".
The wrath of the witch-burners is in direct proportion to the comeliness of the witch.
Clark Ashton Smith
Personally, I didn't understand why Patrick didn't draw himself with a tongue
I thought she'd ask about resurrecting Eddie and Jake.
thing is that wouldn't have been possible sicne he'd never seen them.
I was thinking that he could just draw a tongue and then eat the paper...that type of funky mojo worked for Suze's festering boil.
Maybe he wasn't food at healing... maybe he had his limits. It would be great to find some answers to these questions because they are quite disturbing.
About drawing Oy alive... I don't think he can bring back animals or people from death. It doesn't matter how much power he has I don't think he can.
Roland would have understood.
It would seem that if you could take life...Spoiler:
Then couldn't you give life?
Though I agree that his talents did seem to have their limits...
The wrath of the witch-burners is in direct proportion to the comeliness of the witch.
Clark Ashton Smith
Roland could take life, take life very very well, but i don't think he could ever give life... unless you count giving Jake, Eddie, and Susannah another life after New York... but I think that is just pulling at strings...It would seem that if you could take life...
Then couldn't you give life?
Though I agree that his talents did seem to have their limits...
I think if Patrick were to draw someone who was dead to life... I don't think it would be them... they would comeback more like a zombie or vampire or something. Or maybe like a Pet Semetary thing....
The idea of resurrection and drawing her legs back for her I think would seem awfully selfish and she understood that and therefore didn't as him. Sure she spoke fondly of having Mia's legs but she also said that she's gotten along fine without em thus far. The only real advantage at the moment to her having legs was so Roland wouldn't have to drag her, but she also had the trike bike thing, and I don't think she was at all in the mood to do Roland any favors at the moment.
Drawing her a doorway wasn't selfish because she Needed to go... She knew as well as Jake, Eddie, and Roland that Roland would be the only one entering the tower, one way or the other.
But yes, I also thought about all of this while reading it... except resurrecting eddie and jake... that didn't cross my mind at all, but resurrecting oy did. Maybe because Patrick never saw eddie or jake at all... In fact when she was sizing up Roland to try and measure the door, I thought she was measuring what her own height would be with legs and attempt to have Patrick draw them in for her.
Because killing is much easier than giving life (in fact giving life is impossible if someone is dead for some hours). It's horrible but true. In fact anyone can kill.. even a bee can kill a human being if they are allergic to it but giving life... that's something very different.
Roland would have understood.
Hile JokeslingerPersonally, I didn't understand why Patrick didn't draw himself with a tongue
I LOLed at that one very well haha.
because asking someone with power like that to continue to fix things that they had nothing to do with is basically using them... I don't think she wanted to use him like that...
It is like... you have a friend who is much better off than you... and you both like to go out to eat a lot... once or twice a week... it is like asking them to cover the bill for you EVERY meal just because they have more money, even though you could technically afford it, or just get coffee. That, in my opinion is just not a cool thing to do.
I would have asked him toSpoiler:
(just putting spoiler tags there to be safe)
Some are born to sweet delight,
some are born to the endless night.
Modred, period, was a disappointment for me. Perhaps my only disappointment with the series.
The wrath of the witch-burners is in direct proportion to the comeliness of the witch.
Clark Ashton Smith
I thought she would ask that, and for Roland's fingers back.
I actually read somewhere that SK actually wrote it where Roland got his fingers back, but that the editors told him that that would be too cheesy and deus ex machina. I myself think that it was only logical for Patrick to make them whole, but I understand the editors. It would have turned alot of people off of the ending, which was going to be controversial regardless.
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."